State construction, modernization and controversies
These essays study governments, works, security and ruptures prior to 1958. The memory recognizes documented capabilities and examines their political conditions. Editorial assessment can rescue a legacy without erasing the events that accompanied it.
Readings in this category
- October 18, 1945: a breakup and a promise
- Anti-corruption and punishment in the Adeco Triennium: liability trials
- 1958: the fall of Pérez Jiménez and the birth of a new political system
- Juan Vicente Gómez: pacification and construction of the Venezuelan State
- Marcos Pérez Jiménez and the New National Ideal: the will to build
- Pedro Estrada and National Security: police work, order and power
